Curtain-rod bracket



H. T. BARNWELL.

CURTAIN ROD BRACKET.

APPLICATION ELLE-D mhz?. 1921.

1,405,891 1 Patented Feb. 7, l1922.

UNITED STATES PATENT lOFFICE..

HARRY T. BARNWRLTL, or oeDnNsBURG, NEW YORK, AssIGNoRTo THE NEWELL f MFG. co. INC., or oGDENsBURG, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION or MAINE.

CURTAIN-ROD BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentedreb. 7, 1922.v

Application led April 27, 1921. Serial No. 464,807. v

To AZZ whom t may cof/wem.'

Be it known that I, HARRY T. BARNWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ogdensburg, in the county ofv St. Lawrence and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Rod Brackets, of which the followingy is' a speciication.

The present invention relates to brackets for curtain rods, and particularly to that type of bracket formed of sheet metal, and designed to support hollow curtain rods Vby means of suitable projections which engage the tubular end lof the rod.

In order that the invention may be clear to those skilled in the art, I have shown in the accompanying drawings physical embodiments of my development, and'in said drawings: j

Fig. Vl1 is a plan view of av cut out and died up blank.

Fig. 2 is a view of the blank inFig. 1 with its heads bent to proper position for rod support.

Fig. 3 is a View in side elevation of a bracket attached to a window casing (conventionallyshown.)` with a portion of a curtain rod supported by the bracket.

Fig. 4 is a view in plan of a slightly different form of blank.

Fig. 5 is a view in elevation of the blank shown in Fig. 4, with the supportingheads brought to proper position.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, applied to a different type of bracket.

Fig. 7 is a view of the blank shown in Fig. 6, with the rod supporting heads bent to proper position.

Referring to the drawings by numbers, like numbers indicating like parts in the several views, 10 indicates the base plate of the blank having suitable apertures 11 by which the blank is fastened to the wall.

'The blank is substantially cruciform as shown in Fig. 1, the base plate 10 being cut away on each side to a .substantially hourglass contour, so as to give a narrowed body section centrally thereof and from this narrowed section extend lateral heads 12. The heads 12 are died or stamped up Vinto substantially elliptical contour in plan and give them a substantially half round and cupped form in cross-section as shown in Fig. 2, and they are connected to the narrow central section of the base plate 10 by the reduced unstamped necks 13.

, This blank shown in Fig. 1 is preferably lformed by oneoperation of stamping out and dieing, being cut from a metal sheet of any suitable composition and gauge.

In this condition, the heads 12 will be bent up to the position shown in Fig.2'by any suitable bending mechanism, the narrowed necks 13 which, it will be observed, are not stamped or ydied Vup,.pro`viding lan easily bendable section, which, with ythe ductile' metal used, will permit the heads 12 to be readily bent to their final position as shown in Fig. 2. Y

The heads 12 projected from the narrowedV central section of the base plate 10 will be broughty into relatively close relation by a singlebend of the necksf13 so that they-will Alie close together as indicated in Fig. 2, Vand In the form hewn in Figs.; and 5, the

blank is of the same general form as that just described, having the base plate 15 and the laterally disposed heads 16, the base plate being notched or cut back on either side of the heads as shown, so as to give a narrowed central portion. The heads 16, instead of beingjoined by a reduced neck portion as in the other views, are simply died up to give the rounded sections from a point slightly removed from the junction of the arms with the narrowed central portion of the base plate andi the heads 16 half rounded completely to their ends, instead of having those ends rounded up as in the form shown in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive.

The blank shown in Fig. 4 will be brought to the condition shown in Fig. 5 by 'bending up the heads 16, substantially along the dotted lines shown in Fig. 4, and being provided at this point with a small section of fiat undied metal so that the bending operation is comparatively easy. By reason of the heads .16 being joined to the narrowed central portion of the base plate 15, they will, as shown in Fig. 5, be brought into close relation so as to permit small tubular rods to be used, and yet in this form as in the form shown in Figs. 1to 3, a base plate of the necessary width to give a iirm seating on the window casing or other wall surface `is provided.

In Figs. 6 and 7, I have shown the ap.- plication of my invention to a slightly different form of bracket. In this form, as appears from Fig. 6, the blank will be cut and died up from suitable sheet metalv but one of the lheads 17 will be cut andl died outwithin the area of the base plate 18, both` heads 17 being joined by the narrow necks 19-to the base plate.

The supporting heads 17 will then be bent up at their narrow neck portions to the position shown in Fig. 7, where they lie in theV same close relation as do the supporting heads in the other forms, and in proper position to receive and hold a small tubular curtainrod. The base plate 18 willpreferabl be bent along the dotted lines shown in ig. 6, to provide the flange 20 shown in Fig. 7, which stands at right angles to the rest of the base plate, thereby providing an angular base with the perforations for the fastening means .in .both the ba'sey plate proper 18, `and the base flange 20.

' Brackets constructed in accordance with thisk invention, may be very cheaply and rapidly produced, the cutting and dieing processes being performed simultaneously on the sheet'to form the blanks and the provision of the bending necks or areas between the died up heads and the base plates permits the ready bending of the heads to their inal position, and additionally the narrowing, or cutting in of the base plates centrally to bring the bending lines for the supporting heads close together, ensures the close relation of the supporting heads Vto receive the tubular rods without sacrilicing proper width ol the base plate.

VI claim:

1. A curtain rod bracket comprising a base plate having an integral narrow section between its .,ends, rod engaging heads disposed laterally with respect to said base plate, and reduced neck portions of bendable material connecting said heads and said narrowA section. Y

24A curtain V- rod bracket comprising a base-plate having its side portionsV cut away to form a narrow, central section; stampedup heads, curved in cross-section,'projecting laterally from said narrow, central section; and flat, reduced neck-portions of bendable material connecting said heads and central sections. d

3. A curtain rod bracket comprising a liat base-plate having av central section of reduced width; stamped up, rod-engaging heads of substantially elliptical form eX# f HARRYV T. BARNWELL. 

